15 July 2013
Davey looks to hydrogen to store surplus wind power
Davey: hydrogen technology could help store wind power
Energy secretary Ed Davey has insisted that the coalition government is looking at not just batteries but advances in “hydrogen technology” so it can “store wind power when it’s not needed on the grid”.
Speaking to broadcaster Andrew Neil on the BBC’s ‘Sunday Politics’ Davey also insisted that the government was “developing carbon capture storage” and rolled off a number of measures his department was involved in to challenge reliance on coal fuelled power stations including “onshore wind, offshore wind, biomass, tidal, wave, solar, energy efficiency, new nuclear” expressing that there was a “very diverse approach” to dealing with the problem.
He also insisted that the majority of the average £112 hike expected in average household energy bills would be for “tackling fuel poverty” and measures to make people’s homes warmer.
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